Here If You Listen
| Here If You Listen | ||||
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| Released | October 26, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | March–July 2018 | |||
| Studio | Atlantic Sound Studios (Brooklyn, NY). Flux Studios (New York, NY). | |||
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| Length | 45:08 | |||
| Label | BMG Music | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Stereophile | [2] |
| The Guardian | [3] |
| Spectrum Culture | 4.75/5[4] |
Here If You Listen is an album by David Crosby and his collaborators Michael League, Becca Stevens, and Michelle Willis, who perform on tour together backing Crosby as The Lighthouse Band, and was released on October 26, 2018 by BMG Music.[2]
Content
[edit]The Lighthouse Band originated on Crosby's Lighthouse album. Producer Michael League along with Becca Stevens and Michelle Willis provided backing vocals on the Crosby-Stevens song "By the Light of Common Day". On this album, the band is very different. AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Chalk that up to the Lighthouse Band interacting like a band here, collaborating on the writing and trading off lead vocals as they glide into lush, shimmering harmonies." Seven of the eleven tracks were written by all four members, with another penned by the quartet plus Snarky Puppy keyboard player Bill Laurance. One tune is by Stevens and Jane Tyson Clement, and another is by Willis. Only Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock" is not a Lighthouse Band composition.[1]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Glory" | Willis, Crosby, Stevens, League | David Crosby, Michelle Willis, Becca Stevens, Michael League | |
| 2. | "Vagrants of Venice" | Stevens, Crosby, League, Willis | Stevens | |
| 3. | "1974" | Stevens, Crosby, Willis, League | Crosby, Stevens | |
| 4. | "Your Own Ride" | Crosby, League | Bill Laurance, League, Willis, Stevens | |
| 5. | "Buddha on a Hill" | League, Crosby, Stevens, Willis | Crosby, League, Stevens, Willis | |
| 6. | "I Am No Artist" | Jane Tyson Clement | Stevens | |
| 7. | "1967" | Willis, League, Stevens | Crosby, Willis, League, Stevens | |
| 8. | "Balanced on a Pin" | Crosby | Crosby, Stevens, Willis, League | |
| 9. | "Other Half Rule" | League, Stevens, Willis, Crosby | League, Stevens, Willis | |
| 10. | "Janet" | Willis | Willis | |
| 11. | "Woodstock" | Mitchell | Joni Mitchell |
Personnel
[edit]- David Crosby – vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11)
- Michael League – vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 3–5, 9), Minimoog bass (1, 2, 5, 9), electric bass (1–3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), 12-string acoustic guitar (3, 7), ARP Omni (4, 6), electric guitar (5), fretless baritone electric guitar (5), baritone acoustic guitar (11)
- Becca Stevens – vocals, Hammertone electric guitar (1, 5, 8, 9), 7-string electric guitar (2), ukulele (4), acoustic guitar (6, 9, 11), electric guitar (6), charango (10)
- Michelle Willis – vocals, Fender Rhodes (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 9), ARP Omni (2, 6), pump organ (2, 4, 9), organ (5, 10), Rhodes bass (5, 9), Wurlitzer electric piano (10), acoustic piano (11)
- Bill Laurance – acoustic piano (4)
Production
[edit]- Michael League – producer
- David Crosby – co-producer, liner notes
- Becca Stevens – co-producer
- Michelle Willis – co-producer
- Fab Dupont – co-producer, engineer, mixing
- Josh Welshman – additional engineer
- Tom Beuchel – assistant engineer
- John Muller – assistant engineer
- Joey Wunsch – assistant engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Emilia Canas Mendes – artwork
- Gili Dailes – photography
- Stella K. – photography
- Jeffrey Parrish – photography
- Mike Chadwick – management
- Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
References
[edit]- ^ a b "David Crosby Here If You Listen". AllMusic, member of the RhythmOne group. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Recording of the Month/Recording of April 2019: Here If You Listen". Stereophile AVTech Media Americas Inc. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "David Crosby: Here If You Listen review – turbocharged Trump-whacking teamwork". The Guardian. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "David Crosby: Here If You Listen". Spectrum Culture. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
